Month: February 2012

February 29, 2012

February 28, 2012

"Just wait." So powerful. So easy to say. So appealing when your current products are behind the curve, and the press and analysts are beating you up about it. You can shut up the critics instantly if you just drop a few hints about the next generation product that’s now in the labs. So dangerous.…

There is a rule that has floated around in the social media world for quite some time called the Rule of Participation Inequality or the 90-9-1 Rule. This rule states: User participation in an online community more or less follows the following 90-9-1 ratios : 90% of users are Lurkers (i.e., read or…

Center for Theoretical Neuroscience A Computational Approach to Neurobiology The Center for Theoretical Neuroscience was established at Columbia University in New York City in 2004 as part of the Swartz Program in Theoretical Neuroscience. In addition to the faculty listed within, we have additional…

February 24, 2012

[Translations: Japanese ] I’ve had to persuade myself to believe in the impossible more often. In the past several decades I’ve encountered a series of ideas that I was conditioned to think were impossibilities, but which turned out to be good practical ideas. For instance, I had my doubts about the…